Are you refering to the inner or outer bushing? Are you replacing both of them? Mine has 350,000 miles - and will be starting this job when the new bushings arrive (Rusty - they're NOT here yet!).
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 <meade.m.dil...@navy.mil> wrote: > 124 Fans, > > Tonight I took the rear suspension spring links (for '95 E300) to a shop > to have the old inner bushings pressed out and new pressed in. We found > that the spring link sleeve that holds the bushing seems to be tapered, > so that pressing in the new bushing would be much easier when starting > at the wide end. At first the technician thought I had bushings that > were too small, as they fit into one end of the sleeve rather loosely (I > had managed to extract one bushing partially). He measured the new > bushing and the end of the old that was sticking out, and found the new > to be slightly larger than the old. > > Has anyone else found this, OR do I have worn-out spring links? Car as > 275k miles, I'm pretty sure that the rear suspension has never been > worked on. The FSM does not mention this. > > Of course, the inverse is also true; pressing out one way will require > less and less force. I had been trying to press out the bushing the > wrong way; if I'd started going the other direction, I probably would > have succeeded with my method (long 7/16 bolt, washers, socket, and part > of a pipe). > > When I do my wagon, I'll pay attention to flare/no flare on the spring > link and which direction to move the bushing. I'm also going to get a > piece of 7/16 Acme threaded rod to use in place of the long bolt - I > stripped out threads on two bolts from the hardware store. > > -Max > -- > OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
